Script for Loving Someone music video

1. 'Loving Someone'- The 1975
by
ASA Productions

2. FADE FROM BLACK:
EXT: Outside a church – The weather is overcast. There is little
greenery outside the church and a long pavement leading to the door.
Establishing long shot of church.
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INT: Inside a church – The church has long aisles with chairs on
either side. A large stage is at the front of the church and stained
glass windows on either side. The room is dimly lit, and completely
empty. This will create an ominous atmosphere.
Establishing long shot of church aisles.
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Yeah, you should be loving someone
Oh, oh, loving someone
Yeah, you should be loving someone
Oh, oh, loving someone
Yeah, you should be
INT: Dark room with black background. Room will not be shown due to
extreme close up shots.
Extreme close up of various peoples faces, which transition through
cuts. High key lighting on face. Face changes after each 'loving
someone’ in song.
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EXT: Outside a church - The weather is overcast. There is little
greenery outside the church and a long pavement leading to the door.
Tracking low angle long shot of three teenagers walking towards the
front of the church. There are no other people around, creating an
eerie atmosphere.
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Extreme close up of teenager opening door to church.
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Low angle long shot of the three teenagers entering the church, shot
from behind them.
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INT: Inside church – The church is empty and a little light is
shining in through the stained glass window as the teenagers enter.
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3. Teenagers walk into church in a low angle tracking shot, shot from
in front of them. They are looking around, then gather at the front
of the church.
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Extreme close up of the side of Jason’s face. He is standing still,
then peers towards the camera.
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EXT: Hampden Square – Night time, setting is dark and the lights
from cars on the street can be seen in the background.
My heart is telling me the telly isn't telling me anything
I need but it needs to keep you selling me
Jason is sitting on a bench outside the shop. He is seen smoking a
cigarette.
Besides celebrities lacking in integrity
Holding up the status quo instead of showing your kids
Extreme close up of smoke from the cigarette is seen to go up in the
air. The shot the reverses at a higher speed, and the smoke moves
backwards in the air.
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Low angle mid shot of Jason walking towards the front door of
Londis.
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That they matter, who're you gonna buy up next
Keep hold of their necks and keep selling them sex
It's better if we keep them perplexed
Point of view shot of Jason pushing the door open and entering.
INT: Londis – The light of the shop contrasts the darkness from
outside. The shop has one customer in it, who is distracting the
shopkeeper due to an argument. The atmosphere is tense.
Point of view shot, looking towards the shopkeeper, who is arguing
with a customer.
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It's better if we make them want the opposite sex
And this drives drunk through criminal minds
And you camp out beside where your man resides
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4. Mid shot of Jason walking towards the alcohol section in the shop,
shot from behind him.
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Close up of Jason reaching out for a bottle of vodka, the placing it
inside his jacket.
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You're not slow, it's just never been shown
That you should
Be loving someone
Jason then leaves the shop, shown through a mid shot of him opening
the door and walking out, shot from behind.
FADE FROM BLACK:
Oh, oh, loving someone
Yeah, you should be loving someone
INT: Inside church – Teenagers are walking around inside church. The
atmosphere is exciting as the teenagers explore their surroundings.
Mid shot of teenagers walking down the aisle of church, looking
around.
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Oh, oh, loving someone
Oh, oh
Long shot of teenagers continuing to walk. This shot will allow the
audience to see the size of the church for the first time, including
the stained glass windows and rows of chairs.
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Mid shot of teenagers at front of church, looking out at the chairs.
They are sitting down, relaxed as we realise that these teenagers
are friends.
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Extreme close up of Anna who is addressing the camera, flicking her
hair and smiling. The shot ends when she looks directly at the
camera.
FADE FROM BLACK:
We're all human, we're just like you man
We're sentient, we're something
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5. INT: Bedroom – only bed is shown. Bed has white bed sheets and
multi-coloured fairy lights on them.
Establishing shot of bedroom, extreme close up of Christmas, multi-
coloured lights on a bed.
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EXT: Roadside
Long shot - Anna is standing on street corner, and a car is
approaching from a distance.
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Close up of Anna’s feet, as the car approaches and stops next to
her. The door then opens and she get in the car.
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Close up of Anna in the car, shot from behind the male driver.
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INT: Inside Bedroom – The room is dark and the bed is filled with
fairy lights. The scene will follow the male and female into the
room where the female will be taken advantage of.
You know I can't really remember, whatever
We shouldn't have people afloat
If it was safer underground, we wouldn't be on a boat
Extreme close up of Anna leading a male up stairs.
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High angle close up of Anna being wrapped in multicoloured lights by
the male.
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Birds eye shot on Anna lying on a bed, wrapped in multicoloured
lights.
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Shot of telepathy, exploiting insecurities, and preying on the
purity
Of grief and its simplicity but I know that maybe I'm too scared to
call
Even Guy Debord needed spectacles, you see
Extreme close up of Anna’s neck, followed by the male coming into
the shot, then pushing his hand against her neck.
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Match on action - Extreme close up of Anna’s hand gripping the bed
sheets.
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High angle close up of Anna looking down, with mulicoloured lights
wrapped around her.
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I'm the Greek economy of cashing intellectual cheques
And now I'm trying to progress, but instead of selling sex
And I think I should be
Close up point of view shot of a plug being switched off by a male
hand. The shot is sped up.
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Previous high angle shot of Anna looking down as the lights switch
off. She then looks up, towards the camera.
FADE TO BLACK:
FADE FROM BLACK:
Loving someone
Oh, oh, loving someone
Yeah, you should be loving someone
INT: Inside church. The atmosphere is relaxed as the teenagers begin
to have fun and explore.
Tracking shot following Anna running after Yioda in a game of ‘it’.
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Close up of Yioda brushing past a bible and knocking it over. Anna
then also runs past the bible failing to notice it.
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Oh, oh, loving someone
Yeah, you should be loving someone
Close up of Yioda on the stage, imitating a priest. She is throwing
her arms in the air, [pretending to give a sermon.
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Oh, oh, loving someone
Yeah, you should be loving someone
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7. Close up of Anna and Jason laughing at and mocking Yioda. They
imitate her actions, while laughing.
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Oh, oh, loving someone
Yeah, you should be
Yioda brings her arms down, and addresses the camera. Her facial
expression becomes more serious as she does this.
FADE FROM BLACK:
She blazed about how
'Cultural language is an operation system
A simple interface rendered feeble and listless
Extreme close up high angle shop of a mobile being held by Yioda.
She is receiving messages on Facebook, calling her ‘slut’ and
telling her ‘to die’
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Extreme close up of Yioda’s eye, from eye level.
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High angle close up of Yioda’s hair in the bath. The bath water is
red in colour.
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When tested with a divinity or a true understanding
Of the human condition
I never did understand - the duality of art and reality
High angle extreme close up tracking shot of Yioda’s hand moving up
her arm, which is submerged in a bath.
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Eye level mid shot of a projection of images depicting catwalks and
news articles on top of Yioda, who is being projected on.
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Living life and treating it as such but with a certain disconnect
To touch that cajoles at the artist with comfort and abandon
And between the spires and rolling roofs of the white city
High angle over the shoulder shot of Facebook messages, continuing
to tell Yioda to ‘die’.
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High angle, behind the head shot of Yioda in the bath.
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That orange, English light cast only one, singular shadow
For you are not beside but within me
High angle mid shot of Yioda submerging herself into the red bath
water.
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Extreme close up of Yioda’s hand floating in the red bath water.
FADE FROM BLACK:
Loving someone
Oh, oh, loving someone
INT: Church – shot from the front of the church. Teenagers discover
bible, which they open.
Long shot of church and Yioda and Jason run into shot from behind
the camera. They continue to run down the aisle.
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Mid shot - Jason finding a room at the back of the church. He
appears excited and calls the other in by waving hi arm.
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Yeah, you should be loving someone
Oh, oh, loving someone
Yeah, you should be loving someone
Mid shot - Teenagers enter the room, one at a time. Jason is
standing by a book, which they all surround. They appear surprised,
yet confused.
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Extreme close up of book being opened by Jason. A light appears to
emit from the book.
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Oh, oh, loving someone
Yeah, you should be loving someone
INT: Londis
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9. Mid tracking shot - Jason walks through the front door of the shop,
holding the bottle of wine he stole earlier. The camera tracks
backwards as he walks in. The track reveals a shopkeeper who is
surprised by his return.
Jason places the bottle of wine on the shop counter and the
shopkeeper takes it back.
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EXT: Roadside
Close up shot of Anna getting out of the car she had previously got
into. Only her feet, the door and the pavement can be seen.
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Oh, oh, loving someone
Oh, oh
INT: Bedroom
Extreme close up of Yioda’s phone. She is seen to be blocking the
account which was bullying her earlier.
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INT: Inside Church
Extreme close up of Bible which was dropped by Yioda earlier. Anna
and Yioda walk out of the door, while Jason begins to walk out,
stops, then walks back to pick up the Bible. He moves it off camera
and runs after Yioda and Anna who have left the church.
FADE TO BLACK:
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